{"id":5678,"date":"2024-07-04T15:35:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T06:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/?p=5678"},"modified":"2024-07-04T15:39:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T06:39:09","slug":"1ghz_nmr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/en\/2024\/07\/04\/1ghz_nmr\/","title":{"rendered":"4K 1 GHz NMR Spectrometer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>West NMR Complex, Yokohama Campus<\/h2>\n<h3>Observing proteins in ultra-high magnetic fields<\/h3>\n<h4>\uff08\u25b2<i>Top image<\/i>\uff09The nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer uses nuclear magnetic resonance phenomenon to study the structure of molecules. A strong static magnetic field of 23.5 Tesla (equal to proton resonance frequency of 1.0 GHz) is applied to the center of the cylinder by a superconducting magnet cooled to -269\u2103 (4K*). To avoid disturbing this magnetic field, the structures and building surrounding the instrument are made of wood and other non-magnetic materials.<br \/>\n<small>*K: kelvin; SI unit of thermodynamic temperature<\/small><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5672\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5672\" src=\"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_0544-scaled-e1719888364365.jpg\" alt=\"A researcher injecting a sample into NMR machine\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Researcher setting a sample tube to be analyzed in the 1 GHz NMR spectrometer. The tube is then carried to the top of the instrument by a pneumatic transport tube and automatically loaded inside the magnet.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5709\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5709\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5709\" src=\"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/L1010547-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tour of NMR facility at Yokohama campus\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/L1010547-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/L1010547-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/L1010547-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wooden scaffolding around the 900 MHz NMR spectrometer uses the techniques of the miyadaiku (shrine and temple carpenters) and does not use nails. High school students who came to tour the facility were intrigued to see the traditional craftsmanship combined with cutting-edge instruments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>West NMR Complex, Yokohama Campus<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The NMR spectrometer uses nuclear magnetic resonance phenomenon to study the structure of molecules. A strong static magnetic field of 23.5 Tesla is applied to the center of the cylinder by a superconducting magnet cooled to -269\u2103.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/?p=5669","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-5678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-tour","tag-vol-16-2024-summer","en-US"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5678"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5721,"href":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5678\/revisions\/5721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bdrtimes.riken.jp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}